Heel for boots and shoes.



No. 869,764. PATENTED OCT. 29. 1907.

W. G. AlDI-ZRSOB.

HEEL EOE BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.11V.19O6.

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.Specification of Letten;

To al 'wr/m salme-1 cmefm:

Be it known that I, Walliser G. ANDERS-0N, e. csizen or' the United Sis-ies, residing et' Brookline, in theoounty o ,ori-olli and Seite o.. vented new :m useul Boots Shoes, tion.

This invention relzrzes to improvements in resilient heels fo? boots ond shoes and especially to improvemens in heels for odors or shoes o the general class disclosed in U. ietes Potent No. 582,335, granted to ln the use of the heel disclosed in poten?, wo practiezxlobjectons were met with; mud collected in the recess onxed in 'the under side o' tlie heel and was corrieri into houses end smoked over the floors and carpets, and also the diaphragm to move when the heel was subjected o the weighbo the wearer, tl; eby preventing 2L perfect section. i

This invention sims Lo overcome these practical oloieetions and in omc-tice has been found io accomplish me result sought for, viz., to keep the recess free and to prevent` the slipping of the heel on Wet or icy oofemenbs.

Fine ini-ention Consiss in e. heel oime o resilient material. suoli 'es-rubber, as described inthe following specification and t-cularl y pain ted oui in the claims thereof. l

Referring to che drawings: Figne l is on underneath pion View of my improved heel or boots and shoes. Fig. 2 is o section. Online 2 2 oi Fig. l, looking coward the right in seid Fig. Fig. Q is a 'centos longsuclinal section of the same shox-vn attached, to e. shoe, snif.. shoe being broken sway 'ro se.- e space in olie drawings and the heel resting upon 'the pavement, sold shoe being ndicoed in dotted lines. Fig. 1 s o. section similm to 3 but l'assachusezts, have inmprovements in Zfeels for o which the following is e specifiesthe heel being shown eompossefl by 'the y the user' 17o ereon.

- nt o1 e miniem?, 3x to like parte throughout the seveze-l 'views oz' the drawings,

yhe drmvings, 5 is o heel formed oi resilient ma el, preferably 'uboer. The heel 5 is nf vided will ess i5 in'tlie upper side thoreo and wwo e recess 7 *,lre recess (3 being the upper ess 7 'ille lower recess, the mgterial bevre .Y hnfl lower recesses constioing a dianlimlni 8. lo f? depends from the diaphragm 8 and extends ocrc lie lon'e` l'eoess 7 While l lim/o shown l e filo 9 omen@ D e l may, u I so desire, extend seid rio only eerily Lactose seid. sf'

Trle ,deel 5 is' lipplecl to a shoe l0 in the usuel nia-irme* by means of nwiis ll. The umlel se of the eeel, e "e bei-g epplefi to *l0-.e shoe, ie fiek throughout we pper side iizeree is comme with the recess in the undef side shown llled lno entirely across the 7 when the heel agr the heei is opple dem; 'me m upwardly, so there the side allers/oi' slpfhtly concave. esisolemly ehe-fm irs I" l?. will noted tha theleeol is of geeel 1 breast or from; edge than et lle rear eci. '9, s the 8Mo is pleced fe* oely contacts with the upon and also izo inequalities l i moved up :md .ovm. The e reoess 6, 'Being entiloly confn@ pressed when the diaphragm 8 is moi/e3; when the 'heel is seid eir eooteine ecees 6 expands quickly md :Lets to l (lonmworf movementto one diepliro polling from the recess 7 my mud Wl lected hel-ein. l

In 4 have iliustote, ille te: mud, while Fig. I have ill from mud after the me@ ii 'by the quick downward zievemeni. o es herein'oefore described. When elle in Contact. with the or pzveruen, ith bw) downward pressure pelea? to the heel, the 1mo the heel bears against elle ioor or or neer its periplmry, so iilie as lle Knitted. to escape from il e renee, 1

of the lzeel much norefe ily than if the 1o. u oef the heel were flair.. This fe the suction :noch m. 'oor/e formed fles on its uncles slee. jelle neel cannot slip upon wet o5.' i

Having thus desertiE end desire by Lettere 'ialeet if,

A resilient heel a Us upper side und u beween snif; peer an lo' er i exvl constituting a cx, depenrug from jeclon aapfed 42o cor: when. in

allient heel 'ov: `o

end is so iormed lha?.-

e upper side 2mal o revers in i ezver. ohio, iie is:

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its upper side and a recess in its lower side, the material l between said upper` and lower recesses constituting a dlnpliragm and having a depending projection extending irom said diaphragm, the lower face of said projection adapted ro contact with the ground or pavement when in use and lo aid upper side being concave, whereby when applied to a boot or shoe seid lowei` side is made concave.

In testimony whereof I have herernto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses' WILLIAM G. ANDERSON.

Witnesses: v

LOUIS A. JONES, Amun J. DAILnY. 

